Black CEO representation on the Fortune 500 is 1.6% this year. Here’s what could turn it around
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 9, 2024
The Fortune 500 is making progress when it comes to Black leadership. That’s the good news. The bad news is only eight Fortune 500 companies have a Black CEO. That’s just 1.6%, a far cry from Black Americans’ 14.4% share of the population.
Still, eight out of 500 leaders is a near-record high, second only to 2022. (The list shrank after Rosalind Brewer’s 
